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A subsidiary of DynCorp International in Australia has signed a potential 10-year, $100 million contract to provide the country’s defense department with nationwide project delivery and management support. Dyn-Australia was tasked to implement and manage facility projects at all bases of the Australian defense forces, the company said Monday. “We are excited to expand our business in Australia with […] More
Amazon Web Services and XO Communications have extended their AWS Direct Connect agreement to provide network connectivity for access to cloud at speeds of 50 to 500 megabits, adding to the current service supporting speeds of 1 to 10 gigabits. “Companies of all sizes are now looking for reliable, more secure access to cloud resources through direct […] More
Companies should implement big data strategies to address challenges as they accumulate data with multiple attributes, relationships and sources, Adnan Khaleel writes for YarcData. Khaleel said Thursday the strategy should be based on the concept that big data is both the source and result of business decision-making as part of a cycle centered on data, analytics, information and strategy. This […] More
Raytheon executive Scott Whatmough expects the company to complete qualification testing on the Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals for the U.S. Air Force by the end of this year, Defense News reported Friday. Whatmough, president and general manager for integrated communication systems at Raytheon, said the company’s workforce has worked on the FAB-T program over the last 30 years. […] More
Verizon has developed a new containment design for cooling equipment used in colocation data centers that the company expects to help address concerns over operational costs and environmental issues. Kevin Irland, a manager of corporate communications at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, wrote Wednesday that the Verizon Thermo-Regulated Reverse Airflow Management system works alongside up-flow computer room air handlers to […] More
Lockheed Martin will help the Bahrain International Airport calculate and analyze route cases under a new contract with the Bahrain Airport Company to implement the BEONTRA B Route Development tool at the airport. Lockheed said Wednesday this would be the first implementation of the route analysis product in the Middle East following its acquisition of BEONTRA earlier […] More
Northrop Grumman has completed its work to manufacture the fuselage for NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle and is sending the fuselage to a plant in Palmdale, California for the final stages of production. In a notice posted July 28, NATO said the overall AGS Core system will have both ground and air segments. For the air segment, Northrop will provide […] More
General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions will collaborate with CrowdStrike to offer Fidelis XPS customers access to threat intelligence that support measures to remediate, prevent, detect and attribute cyber attacks. CrowdStrike Intelligence Exchange will automatically send customers information on threat actors, such as behavioral patterns and common targets, for application onto historical and current network traffic, General Dynamics said Tuesday. “We […] More
A commercial launch services team of Ball Aerospace & Technologies, DigitalGlobe, Exelis and Lockheed Martin has completed payload fairing assembly work on the WorldView-3 remote sensing satellite ahead of its scheduled launch next week. Ball said Tuesday the DigitalGlobe Earth observation satellite will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base via the Atlas V launch vehicle to provide high-resolution satellite imagery and geospatial data for […] More
Mark Bartolomeo, head of connected solutions at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, has urged industry to focus on building a network that utilizes cybersecurity measures and greater cloud capacity in a shift toward the “Internet of Things.” Marie McGehee, the company’s director of corporate communications, wrote Monday that industry usually looks at the future connected machines and devices instead of the network connecting […] More
A subsidiary of EMCOR Group has won two contracts to provide repair and preventive maintenance services for U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities systems in Arizona and the Texas Gulf Coast. “The services EMCOR Government Services will provide CBP at its 340 sites across the Arizona and the Texas Gulf Coast Regions are integral in supporting its critical mission,” Mike Rodgers, president […] More
A subsidiary of Booz Allen Hamilton plans to unveil a deployable broadband communications system to support the information-sharing functions of first responders and public safety workers in the aftermath of an emergency. The firm said Monday that Booz Allen Hamilton Engineering Services will exhibit the system at this week’s APCO 2014 Conference in New Orleans. The deployable communications system is intended to operate […] More
